We announced earlier in March that we had signed the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter. This commits Investing Ethically Ltd to a pledge for gender balance across financial services. To coincide with signing the charter, we wanted to ask some of our main fund managers who we invest with what they are doing about gender…
A recent article in Investment Week magazine provides a great insight from Iain Buckle and Euan McNeil. They co-manage the £465m Kames Ethical Corporate Bond fund. The article highlights their top five ethical bonds in their portfolio. The Kames Ethical Corporate Bond fund was one of the first of its type when it launched in 2000 and celebrates its 18th birthday. Like…
Yesterday we visited the Kames Capital Ethical Roadshow. With environmental issues coming increasingly to the fore and more Funds coming to the market looking to satisfy a rise in interest in sustainable investing, this was a great opportunity to hear from arguably one of the most established Ethical and Sustainable investment teams in the market place –…
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget back on 22nd November with the key message being reduction in growth and productivity forecasts along with an increase in the need to borrow. Having this as a backdrop goes someway to explain what was, for many, an underwhelming budget. It’s a shame that given the challenges the…
This week is Good Money Week – please visit www.Goodmoneyweek.com to find out more. There have been some great articles supporting the event which shows just how easy and accessible ethical investing is, along with facts and figures. This is an opportunity to let people know they have sustainable and ethical options when it comes to…
New measures will build on the UK’s global leadership in Green Finance as part of the move to a low carbon economy. Government establishes taskforce of senior financial experts to accelerate growth of Green Finance and the UK’s low carbon economy. Proposals announced today will build on the UK’s global leadership, including development of world’s first…
Liontrust Asset Management Plc., the specialist independent fund management group has purchased the entire issued share capital of Alliance Trust Investments Limited (ATI) for a total consideration of around £30 million. The acquisition of ATI, including 11 sustainable investment funds managed by the ATI Investment Team, is attractive to Liontrust for a number of reasons: The acquisition…
Article written for the Investors Chronicle “I wish Woodford would launch an income or growth fund that excluded tobacco stocks!” an Investors Chronicle reader recently lamented, following news of the launch of CF Woodford Income Focus Fund (GB00BD9X7109). However, there are a number of other funds that describe themselves as ethical, or invest with environmental,…
For many years, you’ve had the opportunity to make positive choices about the food you buy, the transport you take, the energy you consume and the companies you buy from. Now it’s possible to apply your values when choosing a current account. Triodos says ‘every last detail of the Triodos Current Account has been considered’.…
National Grid have announced that for the first time since the industrial revolution, Great Britain has managed an entire day without using electricity produced from coal. This is the first time the country has gone without coal-produced power for an entire day. The electricity has been generated from natural gas (50.3%), nuclear (21.2%), wind (12.2%),…
